Grain-shock loader



F. KAPINOS AND 'G. CHIZEK.

GRAIN SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.19l7. RENEWEDOCT. 15,3920. 1,3783%).

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' GRAIN SHOCK LOADER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. I917. RENEWED OCT. 15, I920.

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F. KAP-INOS AND G. CHIZEK.

GRAIN'SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION -F|LED JULY 25,,l9ll- RENEWED OCT. 15- 1920.

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GRAINSHOCK LOADER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1911. RENEWED OCT. 15, 1920.

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FRANK arrnos Ann GEORGE onizEK, or canny, MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-SHOCK LOADER.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK KArmos and GEORGE CHIZEK, citizens of the United States, residing at Canby, inthe county of Yellow Medicine, State of Minnesota,.have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Grain-Shock Loaders; and we do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in .the art to which it appertains to make and. use the same. r

This invention relates to loading machines, and has particular reference to load- 7 ing shocks of grain upon carriers.

he object of this invention is to provide a machine for effectively and practicably removing shocks of grain from the field and in the provision of a suitable means for driving the conveyer belts, 'which carrythe bundles from the ground to a suitable elevation for loading, and also for operating the means for transferring bundles or shocks from the elevatingconveyors to a rack.

As a further object, the invention contemplates the construction of suitable cooperating upper and lower conveyer belts between which the shocks are gathered for elevation.

,Vith the above objects in view, and such others relating to the details of construction as may hereinafter appear, our invention will now be fully set forth and described,

the accompanying,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of part of the driving means,

Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of another part of the driving means,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View, j a Fig. 6 is a detail View of the chain Fig. 7 belt, and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail View of the upper conveyer belt. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawings,'the present invention includes a carrying frame which consists of horizontal beams 6, having uprights? at their rearward ends and having upwardly and for- Specification of Letters Patent. i, Pat t d lji lz 1921. Application filed. July 25, 1917, Serial No. 182,749. Renewed. October 15,-1920. Serial No. 417,279.

the standards 3 in parallel relation toeach other, these frames 1 and 2 being inclined upwardly and rearwardly, and the lower frame 2 is supported at its forward end by ground wheels '8 pivotally mounted so that the machine may be steered through the Wmedium of suitable steering gear and a steering column 10 which may be reached from a drivers seat 11. Traction wheels 9 are carried by an axle 52 journaled'across the beams 6.

Mounted upon the forward end of the frame" 2 is'a' rake 12' which has a series of loading them upon the rack or other vehicle. A further object of the invention consists forwardly projecting teeth adapted to pass over the ground and gather the bundles therefrom. The tooth'bar 13 of the rake carries anupwardly extending standard 14:

whose upper end is connected to a chain 15-. a

The chain 15 passes over a pulley 16 carried by the upper end of the standard 3, and

passes thence to a hand lever 17 which is mounted upon the beam 6 adjacent the" drivers seat, and is held in its position of.

usual formwith a segment 18.

The upper frame 1 supports an upper endless conveyer consisting of a pair of chains 20 which'operate upon the sprockets 19 at oppositesides of the frame, and transverse adjustment by the engagement of apawl of Each of the bars 21 is provided with a suitable plurality of spikes or studs 22. The

Y chains are tensioned by means of a pair of sprocket wheels 23 whlch are mounted in.

90. flat bars 21 which join the chains 20 at spaced intervals throughout their lengths' brackets'2e slidably carried by the forward standards 3. The brackets 24: are held in their positions of adjustment bymeans of bolts 25which pass through thebrackets 24: and also through selected openings the standards 3.

The lower frame 2 also'supports an end} less conveyer, upon the upper and lowersprocket wheels 26. The side chains 27', of

this conveyer, are connected by transverse angle bars 28'whose vertical sides constitute the abutments which cooperate with the studs 22 "of the upper conveyer to carry bundles upwardly between the frames. The

upper runof the lower conveyer operates upon a sheet metal bottom plate 29 which extends across the area of the frame 2, and is suitably held between and by the side rails thereof, the sheet metal bottom 29 being designed to support the bundles between the abutments of the lower conveyer.

The upper and lower eonveyers are driven from-a gear 30 which is carried by one of the traction wheels 9, and meshes with a gear 31 mounted upon a stub shaft 32 which is carried by the frame-work. .Also mounted on the stub shaft 32 is a sprocket wheel 33 over which a chain 34 is operated, said chain also running over a sprocket 35 mounted on the stub shaft 36. From thesesprockets 35, a chain 37 operates to drive a gear 38 which in turn meshes with a gear 39 mounted upon the shaft of the upper sprocket wheels 19. Extending transversely across the back of the frame-work of the machine, is a trough 40 into which the grain is delivered from the upper ends of the elevating eonveyers. The trough is longitudinally divided along its median line, and the sections are spaced for sprockets 41 and 41 which are mounted on shafts 44 and 44 connecting the sections andsupporta conveyer 42, the upper run of the conveyer 42 coinciding substantially with the bottom of the trough. Extending from the outer sides of the runs of the conveyer 42 are the pairs of teeth 43 which on the upper run of the conveyer extend into the trough so as to carry along bundles of grain which are dropped into the latter.

The shaft 44 which carries the sprocket 41 extends along the frame-work of the machine through a housing 45, whose forward end terminates above the rear axle of the machine in a yoke 46. Within the yoke 46 a bevel gear 47 carried by the end of the shaft 44 meshes with a second bevel gear 48 upon a counter-shaft 49 whichis also mounted in the yoke 46. A pinion 50 on the lower end v of the shaft 49 meshes with a bevel gear 51 which is mounted uponthe rear axle 5250 as to be operated when the machine isdrawn over the ground. Engaged with shaft 44 at opposite sides of the trough 40 are the arms A of a yoke B, one arm thereof being formed into a bearing block 53, the shaft 44 being also extended outside of the trough 40 to have its extremity journaled in an extension 54 of the bearing block 53. The bearing block 53 is suspended from the shaft 44,

and at its lower end terminates in an annular flange 55 which opposes and coincides with a flange 56 formed on a second bearing block 57, the blocks 53 and 57 being connected by means of a coupling collar 58 which surrounds the flanges 55 and 56. Operative in the blocks 53 and 57, is a vertical shaft 59 whose end is provided with a bevel gear 60 meshing with a second bevel gear 61 keyed upon theer-d of the shaft 44. The bearing block 57 is extended at one side in a yoke 62, and furthermore has in its lower portion sides of the yoke 62 so as to provide bearings therein for the ears 68 which project inwardly from the vertlcal flanges 69 of a second trough 7 O. The trough 70 also carries 7 a eonveyer chain 71 which passes over the sprocket 67 at the inner or lower end of the trough'and a sprocket 72 atthe upper or free end of the trough 70. This chain is also provided with teeth '73, so that bundles which are delivered from the free end of the trough 40 and drop into the lower end of the trough 70 will be carried upwardly in the latter for delivery from its outer end.

The lower end of the bearing block 51' terminates in a standard or pillow 74 whose lower end is supported in a hearing 7 5 and from which an inclined arm 76 extends.

The free end of the arm 76 is bored and threaded to receive one end of an adjusting turnbuckle rod 77, whose other end is oppositely threaded into'a second arm '7 8 which is yoked as at 7 9 and pivotally connecsed to the free end of the trough 70. Thus, by manipulation of. a cross arm 80 mounted at the middle point of the bar 77, the slant of the trough-7O may be changed. Inasmuch as the bearing block 57 is swiveled to the block 53 by reason of its connection with the block 53 through the coupling collar 58, and the lower end of the pillow 7 4 is rotatable in the hearing 75, the end of the trough 70 may be horizontally directed at will to load bundles into various parts of a vehicle driven alongside this machine. The bearing? 5 is formed upon. the free end of a rearwardly projecting arm 81, which is furthermore supported by means of a brace rod 82 extending. downwardly from the rear portion of the framework of the machine. 6 I

The machine may be tractor drawn: or horse propelled, and is obviously driven so that the rake teeth 12 will gather up bundles or shocks from the field, the elevation of the teeth 12 being primarily adjusted by means of the hand lever 17. With the propulsion of the machine, the eonveyers are operated from the rear axle by means of the sprocket gearing above described, the lowerrun of the upper conveyer and the upper run of the lower conveyer passing upwardly so that grain which is received upon the teeth 12 will be engaged by the eonveyers and carried to the upper end of the frames 1 and 2; It'should be noted that the upper frame extends for a considerable distance over the teeth 12 so that the lower bundles and deliver-them at the outer end of g the trough 70, and the manner of adjustment of the latter having been clearly brought out in the foregoing description, it will be obvious that it is possible, by means of this machine to deliver bundles 'of grain or shocks of grain into suitable transportation vehicles with a minimum of elfort, and that a large quantity of grain may be gathered,

' means and having a central longitudinal opening in 1ts bottom, an endless conveyer in a comparatively short period of time.

What we claimas our invention is 1. In a grain sho'ck loader, a wheeled frame having elevating conveyer means, a trough mounted transversely of the frame at its rear end below the elevating conveyer means and having a central longitudinal opening in its bottom, an endless conveyer movable through the center opening in the bottom of the trough, a vertically and horizontally swinging trough supported at one end of the first named trough and havinga central longitudinal opening in its bottom, an endless conveyer movable in the opening of the last named trough, means for vertically adjusting said last named trough, and connections between the conveyers in the troughs for simultaneously operating the same.

2. In a grain shock loader, a wheeled frame having elevating conveyer means, a trough mounted transversely of the frame at its rear end below the elevating conveyer means and having a central longitudinal opening in its bottom, an endless conveyer movable through the center opening in the bottom of the trough, a vertically and horizontally swinging trough supported at one end of the first named trough and having a central longitudinal opening in'its'bottom, an'endless conveyer movable 1n the opening of the last named trough,

means for vertically adjusting said last f named trough, connections between the conveyers inthe troughs for simultaneously operating the same, and connections be? tween one of the wheels of the frame and the elevating conveyer mechanism and also the conveyer me'chanismin the first named trough for the automatic driving thereof.

,3. In a grain shock loader, a wheeled frame having elevating conveyer means, a trough mounted transversely of .the frame at its rear'end below the elevating conveyer movable through the center opening in the bottom of the trough, a vertically and horizontally swinging trough supported atone end of the first named trough and having a central longitudinal opening in its bottom, an endless conveyer movable in the opening of the last named trough, means for vertically adjusting said last named trough, connections between the conveyers in the troughs for simultaneously operating the same, connections between one of the wheels of the frame and the elevating conveyer mechanism and also the conveyer me'chanism in the first named trough for the automatic driving thereof, and means for supporting the last named trough relative to the first named trough for swinging movement without disturbing the driven connections between the conveyers in said troughs.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

, FRANK KAPINOS. GEORGE CHIZEK.

lVitnesses:

SAMUEL SEURSON, E. W. PULERSON. 

